hiya
Yes old mills and Scotland went hand in hand my memories are of the jute factories in Dundee delivered paper tubes to just about all of them in my early years as a wag and drag driver some fantastic stone built buildings but alas many of them was built in the horse and cart era, but was still expected to put what was at that time the biggest combination on British roads into places where in days of yore only the horses used to venture anybody who says they never had to resort to hanging the trailer on the nose at some of those places is in my opinion telling “porky pies” .just tak it roond the back driver.
thanks harry long retired.
Not wishing to disrupt this busy thread but I just came across a brilliant link from Malc18 of lorries North of the Border, it is on Flickr and bound by copyright. But click on the link and enjoy, lots of rally cars and fairground vehicles, but all the haulage companies featured should ring some bells!
bubbleman:
I do like them lorries in this pan-slavic tricolor… perhaps something to do with my origin?
Re: paper industry
The number of paper mills came down and so did the number of their employees, but those remaining ones got bigger and bigger. The mills also use less domestic wood today (not many forests left anyway), importing pulp instead and using collected scrap paper. Scrap paper is even exported from UK (mostly to China).
E.g. King’s Lynn has got a new paper mill, with one of the world’s biggest machines in it; then I can think of Inverkeithing, Sittingbourne, Oatley, Glenrothes, Darwen…
Bubbs who’s is the Spanish Dodge, I can’t quiet make it out, it’s a Coventry reg YHP 324S, cheers
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HomoFaber:
bubbleman:
I do like them lorries in this pan-slavic tricolor… perhaps something to do with my origin?
Hiya iam 99% cetain saw this volvo in zamba two years ago did,nt get a chance of a photo it still had
uk plates on.
John
Hello,heres more old photos 
Cheers Bubbs, 
Bubbs,Langdons from your end somewhere had an F86 8-wheeler curtainsider with three axles at the back,I used to see it regular in the early 90s.Do you have a photo of it? Cheers,Chris.
Chris Webb:
Bubbs,Langdons from your end somewhere had an F86 8-wheeler curtainsider with three axles at the back,I used to see it regular in the early 90s.Do you have a photo of it? Cheers,Chris.
…spot on chris i remember seeing that…
John
Hi,Chris and John…go to page 144 on the scrapbook,scroll down and you’ll see Langdons FL10 8 wheel curtainsider…is this the lorry you’re thinking of.Cant ever remember seeing an F86 like what you discribe 
Bubbs
bubbleman:
Hi,Chris and John…go to page 144 on the scrapbook,scroll down and you’ll see Langdons FL10 8 wheel curtainsider…is this the lorry you’re thinking of.Cant ever remember seeing an F86 like what you discribe
Bubbs
Thanks Bubbs.
I could have sworn they had an F86 similar to the FL10,must be an age thing. It was an oldish feller driving it,back in 1994,used to come into the Co-op RDC at Barnsley.
Hi,heres some old black 'n whites . 
Early bling on the TK and the Leyland,Toot-toots on the roofs and chromey bumbers 
Cheers Bubbs,
Nice V8 mandator there Bubb
Marc as the “Hills” Big J got a 240 Patricroft smoker in it 
I can see the "Smiths as a hummin ■■■■■■■ badge on the grill
cheers Johnnie
bubbleman
240 Gardner?
Its got a ■■■■■■■ badge on the grille, low down!
Frankydobo:
Its got a ■■■■■■■ badge on the grille, low down!
hiya,
Bet that little badge set low down is a Leyland badge.
thanks harry long retired
A few Maltesers,
Astra.
Hino
This yard is on GOZO.
Cheers Phil.